Table C-I

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Table C-I Characteristic Groups Cited Only as Substitutive Nomenclature

Characteristic
group Prefix Cf. Rule

-Br Bromo C-102.1

-Cl Chloro C-102.1

-ClO Chlorosyl C-106.2

-ClO2 Chloryl C-106.2

-ClO3 Perchloryl C-106.2

-F Fluoro C-102.1

-I Iodo C-102.1

-IO Iodosyl C-106.1

-IO2 Iodyl (replacing iodoxy) C-106.1

-I(OH)2 Dihydroxyiodo C-106.3

-IX2 X may be halogen or a radical,
and the prefix names are dihalogenoiodo, etc.,
or, for radicals, patterned on diacetoxyiodo C-106.3

=N2 Diazo C-931.4

-N3 Azido C-941.1

-NO Nitroso C-851.1

-NO2 Nitro C-852.1

=N(O)OH aci-Nitro C-852.2

-OR R-oxy C-205.1

-SR R-thio (similarly R-seleno and R-telluro) C-514.1

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Characteristic group	Prefix	Cf. Rule

-Br	Bromo	C-102.1
-Cl	Chloro	C-102.1
-ClO	Chlorosyl	C-106.2
-ClO2	Chloryl	C-106.2
-ClO3	Perchloryl	C-106.2
-F	Fluoro	C-102.1
-I	Iodo	C-102.1
-IO	Iodosyl	C-106.1
-IO2	Iodyl (replacing iodoxy)	C-106.1
-I(OH)2	Dihydroxyiodo	C-106.3
-IX2	X may be halogen or a radical, and the prefix names are dihalogenoiodo, etc., or, for radicals, patterned on diacetoxyiodo	C-106.3
=N2	Diazo	C-931.4
-N3	Azido	C-941.1
-NO	Nitroso	C-851.1
-NO2	Nitro	C-852.1
=N(O)OH	aci-Nitro	C-852.2
-OR	R-oxy	C-205.1
-SR	R-thio (similarly R-seleno and R-telluro)	C-514.1